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This paper assesses the earlier projections made by the authors in March 2020 about the impact of COVID-19 on Canada's food security. First, as measured in the early part of the second quarter of 2020, COVID-19 is associated with an increased prevalence of household food insecurity as measured by...

Author(s)
Deaton, B. J.; Deaton, B. J.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 69, 2, pp 161-166
Abstract

The market fundamentalist logic underpinning WTO agricultural trade rules poses a profound threat to global food security in the context of climate change. The growing frequency of extreme weather events raises the prospect of large-scale disruption of agricultural production and distribution. A...

Author(s)
Margulis, M. E.; Hopewell, K.; Qereshniku, E.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Peasant Studies, 2023, 50, 1, pp 215-239
Abstract

In a context where food assistance continues to dominate talks on food security, this study was undertaken to refocus the debate on households' needs. Our objective was to examine the food security experience and needs of food-insecure households from the standpoint of those participating in...

Author(s)
Hamelin, A. M.; Mercier, C.; Bédard, A.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2011, 35, 1, pp 58-68
Abstract

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the complex global food supply chains (GFSCs) which has drastically affected the essential flow of food from the farms and producers to the final consumers. The COVID-19 outbreak has served as a great lesson for the food businesses and...

Author(s)
Alabi, M. O.; Ngwenyama, O.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
British Food Journal, 2022, 125, 1, pp 167-185
Abstract

In 2021, Canada's federal government made a historic commitment to develop a national school food policy. Among overlapping challenges of increasing food insecurity, rising food costs, and the impact on food systems from climate change, there is now an opportunity to create a school food...

Author(s)
Dacunha, C.; Ng, E.; Elton, S.
Publisher
New Leaf Associates, Ithaca, USA
Citation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2022, 12, 1, pp 157-169
Abstract

The effect of COVID-19 on Canadian food security is examined from two different perspectives. COVID-19 creates a unique "income shock" that is expected to increase the prevalence of household food insecurity. This food insecurity can be measured by utilizing the Canadian Community Health Survey...

Author(s)
Deaton, B. J.; Deaton, B. J.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 68, 2, pp 143-149
Abstract

This research brief presents results from a scan of peer-reviewed and grey literature published from March 2020 to the end of August 2021 looking at the impacts of COVID-19 on food security in Canada. The purpose of this literature scan is to look at how the national food-security landscape has...

Author(s)
Lowitt, K.; Slater, J.; Davidson, Z.
Publisher
New Leaf Associates, Ithaca, USA
Citation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2022, 11, 3, pp 87-99
Abstract

Food insecurity among elderly people is a major public health concern due to its association with several health conditions. Despite growing research and implementation of diverse income-based policy measures, food insecurity among elderly people remains a major policy issue in Canada. Additional...

Author(s)
Kansanga, M. M.; Sano, Y.; Bayor, I.; Braimah, J. A.; Nunbogu, A. M.; Luginaah, I.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Ageing & Society, 2022, 42, 9, pp 2067-2081
Abstract

The aim of this text is to analyze socially innovative experiences aiming at combating food insecurity. It addresses alternative collective actions to dominant food systems triggering social innovations in precarious neighborhoods. Arguing that these systems are important causes of food...

Author(s)
Klein, J. L.; Enríquez, D.
Publisher
Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, France
Citation
Norois, 2022, 262, pp 135-150
Abstract

Harsh weather patterns that are unpredictable owing to climate change, remoteness, dependence on food imports and limited local food production place Arctic and Subarctic food systems under serious pressure. The model of food sovereignty provides a surprisingly interesting contribution to address...

Author(s)
Blom, C. D. B.; Steegeman, P.; Voss, C.; Sonneveld, B. G. J. S.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022, 81, 2025992,

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